Ironing board and cabinet



Dec. 7 1926. 1,609,504

A. P. WAGNER IRONING BOARD AND CABINET Filed March 17, 1925 Patented Dec. 7, 192s.

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x-transmits 1 V This invention. relatesllte on-mg bones a-ndcab'inetsforiholdingthe-same.

The primary object of 'myinventionis the provision of an improvedtiromng board v I I, V I p v pinsu25 are an. thefforwa rdlyextending v 5" cabinet:- and ironing board, arrangements :beinj made "teiswingv the iro'ning hoard .withnr the cabinet. u Y

vention is i the provision of: an ironing b aid and cabinet" thereforshavingi an improved {lockingmechanism thefebetween. for'posi- .tively holding the ironingboard in its usable spesifiiqn t e le kiee mean r e e forward tl1erear wall of the cabinet thereby leaving. a space between the. said locking meansand the said rear wall.

1 Another object o f my invention is the pro-- vision of an'ironing board and cabinet therefor having a pivoted locking means for hold ing the ironing. board 1inits usable position,

the lockingmeans not extendingabove the Referring tojthe drawing wherein I have illustrated an embodiment of my invention,

F igurel illustratesa .cross section of the cabinet adjacent one. side showing the board: in its usable position,

Figure 2 is a similar cross section showingthe cabinet closed,

*Figure3 'isa board removed" to more clearly the slot construction,

line of Figure 1,. V Figure 5' is a detail cross section on the line 5-15 of Figure 1,-

Figure 6 is a front elevation of the cabinet with thedoors closed.

. 10 illustrates the back" of the cabinet, 11'

and 12 the bottom. and top members, respectively. 13 and 14' designate the side V members'and 15 designates thefacing or trim of thecabinet. 'A lower "door 16 is 'hingedly connected at 17 to the trim 15-. The upper door 18 ispreferably hinged at one side as shown in Figure 6. A clasp or securing mean s'19 is provided for holding the upper door inclosed position. In the,-

sides 13 and 14 are provided slots 20 and '21.

These slots are provided with forwardly eX-.

tending sockets 22 at their upper ends as shown clearly inFigure 3 and with similar sockets 23 at the bottom of the slot as shown on Figure 1. V 1 1 Attached to the inner end of the ironing board. Qaare the pins 25 as by the strip 26,

And her and -"n1po-rtant. Object of" m in.

detail view showingithe illustrate (Figure 4 is jadetail cross section on the I I p v v .tojlockedand unlocked positions By the} construction;described, in will be clearlyi snowmen Figures 1*andf2. These: hinges are located 'at'such. a' point that when the portions. .22- of the islets; the ironing board itself will be substantially. level." I 1 At the" rearf f their "iHgsif i ranged at very small locking; devicecomprising the-locking member 2 8:. This locking member 28 is provi"d-e"d.- with pins 29 which "extend into fsimilarlly shaped holes BOinZtheY sidemembers/13 and 14. These pins 1 29 are preferably: arr'angedfin the lower, portion hf the locking member 28 in such a'manner that when thelocking mem- .ber 28 is placed in looking position '(seeFig- Y [ure 3) the ironingbo ard'24 wi1l beheld in forward po t on, the .pins25fbeing against the rward-portion of the slots 22.

The pins I29'are arranged a sufficient disv tance to the rear ofthe ironing board when. v 1

in its'forwardiposition, to. permittheflpins 25 to move to the rear and engage the'main' portion of the slots 20 and 21 when the look ing member 28-is in unlocked position. lhe upper surface of the locking member, 28 is preferably. arranged'so that when in locked position, thewhole' locking member does not extend abovethe upper surface of the ironing board.

.' A suitable meanssuch as a small k nobll3ll'V i may be providedtofbring-thelocking means seen that'the rear wall 10 of the cabinet may be made of very thin material in view of the fact that nothing is supported from, this rear wall. This. is. very important since ironing board cabinets are intended to "be placed between J two jstuds ofa partition. These studs depth. I

In addition to this feature, the rear wall 10 of the cabinet isleft entirely clear. This g ally only four inches inv featujreis advantageous'where the space is pins 29,*which may be integral with the sometimes utilized, for hanging the cloth which is 'usedupon the ironing board itself. In addition .to this, itis to be noted that'the lockingmember' 128 as shown, are of wood and consequently will operate in theirbearing holes 30 for practically an indefinite timegwithout etting out oforder.

The space between the rear wall proved locking mechanism is particularly advantageous (when the board is being used. An instance'of this is where a shirt is being ironed. After one sleeve is finished and it is desired to do the other sleeve and the main body-of the shirt, one of the sleeves toward the cabinet may be permitted to fall 7 over the end and thus be kept smooth. In

using my improved ironing board and cabinet, it is only" necessary to open the upper door, swing the ironing board out to the position shown in Figure 1 and turn the locking member, 28 to locking position.

7 After. using, the. locking member is released 15- and the board swung r'earwardly to the position shown in Figure 1, The upper door 18 holds the lower door. 16 in closed position for the reason that the ironing board extends inthe rear of the upper door and is held thereby;

thev exact showing made and that modifications and changes may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention and within the scope of the appended claim.

Having described my invention, what, I

claim is In combination an ironing board, a cab-- locking member pivoted forward ofr-the rear: wall of the cabinet tolock the board in V v forward position, the lockingflinea'nshaving its pivot axls below the surface of the ironmg board and havlng its rear edge spaced from the rear Wall of the cabinetb 1 7 I In testimony whereof I hereunto afl'ix my lVhileI have'described in detail an em-' signature.

. bodimentof my invention, I desire to have it understood that I do not limit myself to nLLEii' r. m ma;- 

